Yes; the chashew apple should resonate with what I used to enjoy very much, from Canadian Liquor Commission---'Plum Brandy', known in the Slavic regions of Europe as 'Slivovitch'; maybe spelled with a 'z'.
I should think that the same kind of vingtage should derive from Jackfruit. A lot of good Industrial Applications should be there. Where get the consultaion expertise? I should think that 'vinteners' would consider it alien territory. On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 8:40 PM, armstrong augusto vaz < [email protected]> wrote: > Rival in feni's backyard - an Indian tequila > By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar (14:42) > Panaji, May 1 (IANS) Feni, Goa's own homebred liquor, is in for some > competition in its own backyard. A tequila, brewed in Andhra Pradesh > and bottled and packaged here, could soon spar with this state's best > known spirit. > > India's first indigenously-made tequila is marketed under the brand > Desmondji, which was launched recently and is on display at the > four-day Konkan fruit festival dedicated to the fruits of the tropical > strip of land stretching from Maharashtra to Goa. > > Manufactured by the company Agave India, Desmondji is manufactured > from the blue agave, a cactus like plant found on the Deccan plateau > in Andhra Pradesh, similar to the agave plant found in the Mexico > region, where the drink originally hails from. > > "I was doing some research on tequila and agave when I came across a > photograph of the blue agave plant in Andhra Pradesh. The latitudinal > lines in Mexico where the plant grows passes over a certain region in > Andhra Pradesh, where I first set out to hunt down the agave," said > Desmond Nazareth, from whose name the tequila draws its name. > > He is the director of Agave India, which is the holding company for > the brand Desmondji. > > He said naming the agave brew and other range of alcoholic cocktail > blends Desmondji was his obeisance to an ancient custom, where the > liquor used to be named after the person who brewed it. > > Tequila, however, being a proprietary word associated with Mexico and > its exclusive regional processes, Desmond prefers to call his brew > 'agave' to avoid proprietary conflict. > > "I want to always maintain an environmentally and socially conscious > core value set, while delivering to the consumer the key superior > ingredients of globally famous cocktails by innovating with Indian raw > material," he said. > > Marketed under a broader brand Agave India, the production facilities > designed for zero discharge, the project will also engender rural > employment and wasteland cultivation, according to the former techie, > who is an Indian Institute of Technology-Madras alumnus. > > Agave India has a manufacturing plant in Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh, > while the tequila and other brews are bottled and packaged in a > facility located in Goa. > > Miguel Braganza, secretary of the Botanical Society of Goa (BSG), > which is organising the Konkan Fruit Festival, said the tequila would > only add to Goa's unique bouquet of exclusive and indigenously > prepared alcohols. > > "We will also be serving locally made urrak (single distilled > fermented cashew juice) at the festival because it is has therapeutic > effects. The tequila will also add to the value tremendously," he > said. > > "The unusual Konkan Fruit Fest has in the past attracted large numbers > of the general public, students, horticulturists and academics and has > been successful not only in creating widespread interest in our common > food heritage but also in providing opportunities to growers to > showcase and market their produce in a sustainable and affordable > manner," he said. >
